Happy 3rd Birthday Lincoln

Happy 3^rd birthday Lincoln!  I just can’t believe how much you’ve grown over the past year.  You are still our little feisty one always doing everything we tell you not to but you also have such a sweet, loving side giving us hugs and kisses and loving on your baby (Ainsley).  You love your big brothers and want to be just like them.  You’ve really started to enjoy building with legos and magnatiles and also have been using your imagination lots to create stories or fun new games to play.  You LOVE bears and also love dinosaurs, playing outside, racing your brothers or us, reading books, and playing with playdoh and stickers. 

We had so much fun celebrating you on Saturday and you loved your special day.  Below are some fun pictures from Lincoln’s party and his 3 year old questionnaire. 

1.      What is your favorite color? yellow

2.     What is your favorite toy? bear

3.     What is your favorite fruit? watermelon

4.     What is your favorite tv show? Jake and the Neverland Pirates

5.     What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? spaghetti and meatballs

6.     What is your favorite outfit? Bear t-shirt

7.     What is your favorite game? Mario

8.     What is your favorite snack? pretzels and hummus

9.     What is your favorite animal? bear

10.   What is your favorite song? Singing all the Time – an original by Lincoln

11.    What is your favorite book? Don’t wake the bear

12.   Who is your best friend? Wyatt, Gavin and Ainsley

13.   What is your favorite cereal? chex

14.   What is your favorite drink? milk

15.   What is your favorite thing to do outside? Run around

16.   What is your favorite holiday? Christmas

17.    What do you like to take to bed with you at night? blankets, books, cup of water

18.   What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? sausage and eggs

19.   What do you want for dinner on your birthday? cake

20.   What do you want to be when you grow up? a bug maker and a bear

3yr old check up: Height - 37 in (40%), Weight - 30 lbs 3 ozs (34%)

Gavin Soccer

Gavin just finished his last soccer game last Saturday.  It's been so fun to watch him play this sport.  So far it's his favorite and he was definitely more aggressive this year scoring several goals and blocking goals as the goalie for his team.  The last game was super fun as they had music and a banner for the kids to run through and then a pizza party at then end.  His brothers and sister even had fun watching him play and it's so nice that we can just walk to the field from our house.

Lincoln potty training

We've finally potty trained Lincoln.  This kid was interesting because he was completely anti-potty leading up to it but he needed to be potty trained for preschool so I couldn't put it off any longer.  We teased him that if you weren't potty trained by your third birthday that instead of presents you get diapers and he just said yay i want diapers lol.  We tried pull-ups for a day and he just treated those like a diaper so i knew i would have to do the 3 day method and just put him directly into underwear.

We started over 2 weeks ago and that first day was rough.  The first few hours were the longest in my life since you have to watch them like a hawk and rush them to the potty as soon as they start going so they can finish in the potty and start to get the hang of it.  It was a little stressful also being home with 3 other kids and we had lots of little accidents that morning but were making good progress by the end of the day.  He was going potty but would just do a few dribbles and then immediately want to get off so we had to work on draining our bladder but he started to get the hang of it and was so excited when he would go in the potty and keep his underwear dry.  

We are starting on week three and although we are still working on pooping in the potty consistently i'm very impressed with how well he's doing going potty and staying dry.  He even told us that he needed to go potty twice the other day when we were swimming so hopefully it will just continue to get easier and he'll start to go more independently.  The below pictures are from the end of the first day.  He looks so cute in underwear :).

Some funny sayings from Lincoln.  One day while on the potty he said in the cutest voice after peeing "yay, i'm potty training!".  Also, after going poop and pee for the first time in the potty he said "yay I did a double" lol.

Fishing and Iowa Cubs

I am way behind on blogging so there will be lots of updates coming now that i have all the pictures off my phone :).

Two weeks ago my parents picked up the boys and took them to my grandparents house for the day.  They had SO much fun fishing and riding around on the gator.  They are still talking about it today and how many fish they caught and the different types.  Apparently their place is the place to be because they each caught between 15-20 fish.  Lincoln was also newly potty trained which is why he's in his undies in some of the pics lol.

We also headed to the Iowa Cubs game the following Monday with the family.  I was really debating whether to go because Gavin and Wyatt had an awful day (I made them do chores all afternoon :)) but i'm glad we did because everyone had such a good time.  The weather was perfect and although we only stayed for about half the game because it was a late one all the kids did great sitting and watching the game. Lincoln was so cute too because he just loved Cubbie.  He went up to him and gave him the biggest hug but of course i didn't have my phone with me to get a picture.